Thank you for the lovely pictures. Your yard looks very nice Glenda. I don't know where I could aim a camera here and not get something unsightly. When it was hot I let my garden grow up in weeds. Seeing the copperheads in August stopped my evening visits to the garden. My other excuse could be that I'm old but that wouldn't fly here. At least you got some nice pictures and we can look at those. It is very wintery looking out there now and too cold for me.

My computer is not loading pictures at the moment or I would show you my deer hunters. Years ago I let a young man bow hunt because he was so cute in his outfit. Now he is bringing his eight year old son all decked out in camo and with a bright orange vest and a gun. I was sorry I said he could hunt years ago but now that I see him spending time with his boy I think it is OK. I had cattle and you have to sell the calves or you would be overrun. I understand some animals were meant to be food. I just have to not make pets of the deer. He sees bobcats just behind my house with his game camera.

Helen, you must live in a pretty isolated area if he gets bobcats on a game cam. I have heard they are around here, but we have never seen one or got a picture.

We do have new puppies........

New puppies. I want to know more. I have never seen a bob cat even over at my mother's farm which has a steep hill and bluff behind the house. I saw one on the road dead near my property once and someone took the dead body before I could even get a picture. It was spotted with big back feet. I think you could have them and never see them. My nearest neighbor said one walked up her driveway in broad daylight, but her yard is in the woods with many trees and lots of shade in her yard.

So glad you got out and took some photos Glenda. I didn't get around to it this year.
Some of they hybrid maples seem to turn red much earlier than others. The tree my daughter inherited when they bought their house was late to turn and the freeze got it before they got to enjoy it for very long. Disappointing.

I saw what I thought might be a bobcat jumping over a fence once but it was barely light out and I couldn't be sure. I definitely did see one that had been hit on a road near me and called the MDC. I thought it was amazing to see one so close to Springfield. They were not thrilled. Apparently they're common, just nocturnal and rarely seen. This one was not a lot larger than a big house cat but stockier and its feet were much larger.